Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 7:53pm.
I named my one cat Jackson because I wanted something masculine but "bouncy" so I thought of Jacks (like the ball and Jacks game from when you're little) and when I told my friend, he "mis"heard me say "Jackson" and I liked that better. But I still call him "Jacks" for short. :) My other kitty I just adopted in November. She is a tortie and about six pounds full grown. (She had babies very young). She also has golden eyes and her fur resembles feathers. So, she very much resembles an owl but has rounded ears similar to a hyena's. I started doing research online for a unique name and found that "Shannon" means "little wise owl" but she didn't seem like just a "Shannon" so I kep searching. Then I thought about how feisty she was and trying to order the bigger, male cat around and I thought of the hyena in "The Lion King" with the voice of Whoopi Goldberg. They hyena's name was "Shensi". So, I combined "Shannon" and "Shensi" and got "Shanzee" and then I added "Xena" for the warrior princess. Thus, "Shanzeena" became her name and I call her Shanzee for short as apparently cats (and perhaps dogs) respond better when there name ends in "eee", or so I read. I think it's fun to name animals something unique and as special as what they bring to our lives. :)
Cat names
I named my one cat Jackson because I wanted something masculine but "bouncy" so I thought of Jacks (like the ball and Jacks game from when you're little) and when I told my friend, he "mis"heard me say "Jackson" and I liked that better. But I still call him "Jacks" for short. :) My other kitty I just adopted in November. She is a tortie and about six pounds full grown. (She had babies very young). She also has golden eyes and her fur resembles feathers. So, she very much resembles an owl but has rounded ears similar to a hyena's. I started doing research online for a unique name and found that "Shannon" means "little wise owl" but she didn't seem like just a "Shannon" so I kep searching. Then I thought about how feisty she was and trying to order the bigger, male cat around and I thought of the hyena in "The Lion King" with the voice of Whoopi Goldberg. They hyena's name was "Shensi". So, I combined "Shannon" and "Shensi" and got "Shanzee" and then I added "Xena" for the warrior princess. Thus, "Shanzeena" became her name and I call her Shanzee for short as apparently cats (and perhaps dogs) respond better when there name ends in "eee", or so I read. I think it's fun to name animals something unique and as special as what they bring to our lives. :)